Wonderful adaptation of Edith Wharton's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The Age of Innocence tells of three wealthy New Yorkers caught in a tragic love triangle in high society 1880's.
Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) is a lawyer secretly longing for a more passionate and interesting life. Engaged to the beautiful but ordinary socialite May Welland (Winona Ryder),
Newland has resigned himself to an uneventful life.
However, when May's unconventional cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer) returns to New York amidst social and sexual scandal, Newland becomes captivated by her mysterious authority and outstanding beauty. Should he choose between May and the world he knows, or Ellen and the world he dreams of having?